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Why "Pro Multis" means "For Many" and Why It Matters to Pope Benedict
Take this, all of you, and drink from it: for this is the chalice of my Blood, the Blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and *for many* for the forgiveness of sins.
This exegetical consensus has know shattered; it no longer exists. In the German translation of Sacred Scripture the account of the Last Supper states: “This is my Blood, the Blood of the Covenant, which is shed for many” (Mark 14:24, cf. Matt. 26:28). This indicates something very important: The rendering of “pro multis” with “for all” was not a pure translation, but an interpretation, which was and remains very reasonable, but is already more than translation and interpretation.
We are many and we stand for all. In this way both words, “many” and “all”, belong together and relate to each other in responsibility and promise.
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